Railway draw-bar.



n. L. ALLEN. RAILWAY DRAW BAR.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 9,1908.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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HARRY L. ALLEN, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES. OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY RAILWAY DRAW-BAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ili'atented March 23, 1909 Application filed November 9, 1908. Serial No. 461,689.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY L. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark andStat'e of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Railway Draw-Bars, of whlch the following is a specification.

My invention relates to draw-bars suitable for use on locomotive cranes and similar devices, especially those railway vehicles having comparatively large overhanging parts or portions. Its principal aim and object is the provision of such a device which may be readily coupled to either an ordinary car of usual height or to small charging or works cars frequently found in manufacturing establishments.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the draw-bar proper is comparatively long, so that the car to which it is attached will avoid the overhanging part of the crane, and is equipped at its outer or free end with a plurality of overlying branches, preferably two, each desirably equipped with a couplerhead. The lower head and branch may be used for coupling or connecting to a small charging or manufacturing works car, while the u per coupler, head and branch of the drawar are provided for use in connection with cars of standard size and height.

In order that this invention may be fully understood and ap reciated, I have illustrated the same in t e accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, wherein like reference characters refer to the same pxarts throughout the various views.

In t e drawing-Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a railway vehicle such as a 1000- motive crane equip ed with one of my improved draw-bars; ig. 2 is a side elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is aplan view of the lower cou ler-head and art or fragment of the lower ranch of the flaw-bar. 4

The draw bar proper 10 is of substantially llL-sh'ape in cross-section and is long in comparison' to.v its other dimensions. At its H uterend it is divided into two branches 11 and 12 preferably overlying one another,-

the upper onebeing of desirably greater depth and strength than the lower one, since the load to which it may be subjected is likely to be somewhat greater than that imposed upon the under branch. These branches or divisions are likewise of I-section, the same as the main body of the draw-bar, and the outer ends of these branches are each equipped with a couplerhead 13 and 14, respectlvely, pivoted on the branches by means of pivot pins 15 and 16, respectively. At its inner end this drawbar is usually given greater depth than its main body, the thickened portion being apertured to accommodate a connecting or hinge-pin 17 assed therethrough and also through .alined orregistering apertures in a pocket or casting 18 riveted at 19 or otherwise secured to the end sill or cross or transverse member 20 of the locomotive crane or other vehicle. The casting 18 on its front face is supplied with a recess 21 adapted to accommodate the end of the draw-bar, the side walls of the pocket being strengthened and held in position by integral braces 22, while the rear portion ofthe pocket or casting is considerably extended laterally and has .a late or similar portion 23 adapted to direct y bear against the plate or bar 20 of the vehicle.

When the locomotive crane is to be secured to a car ofstandard dimensions the upper branch 11 and its coupler-head 13 are employed, whereas when a small car such as is used manufacturing works or plants is to be connected to thecrane the lower branch 12 and its pivoted coupler-head are used.

' The invention herein set forth is not restricted to the precise structures shown and described, because the same 'may be modified in minor mechanical detailswithout departure I from the substance of the invention or the sacrifice of its benefits and having a draw-bar equipped at its outer end with a plurality of branches, "each of sidi branches-bing adapted to have a coupler; branches having a coupler-head secured head secured thereto, substantially as de- 10 thereiigg substanfiialq as desfcribe'd. d scribed.

.2. an artic'e 0 manu acture a. rawr T 5 bar adapted to be secured at one end te a HARE ALLEN railway vehicle and havin at-its 0p osite Wltnessesz 'end a plurality of branc es at erent MORGAN L. EDWARDS,

heights, the outer end of, each of said WILLIAM E. FETTERS. 

